Design

Content Timeline – jQuery/HTML5/CSS3 Plug-in is a plug-in that can display the unlimited number of elements that along with the preview element also have the “Read more” element that you can customize as you wish.

Content Timeline

I played around with it, gave it a go with some of my content and it worked perfectly in most cases. It is fairly easy to customize and to set dates along the timeline. Design can be changed by simply replacing the images that represent the buttons and the timeline. Colors, backgrounds and majority of other variables are all driven by CSS3 and can be altered easily. The jQuery script works well while many other scripts are activated on the same page.

Content Timeline

As I like the concept very much i would love to get the option to arrange my services along the timeline or to set a project timeline with detailed description of the work that has been done each day. Unfortunately this is not included, yet.

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Here’s something different for our blog this month. Our Senior Designer is enlightening us on fonts and typefaces and how to make the most of the free resources available online. So if you’re a marketer with an interest in design or a budding designer, this one is for you.

First things first. Don’t use Comic Sans. I know it’s a designer cliché to moan about people using it but seriously, don’t use it. Ever. Delete it from your font library now, email Microsoft/Apple to let them know how disgusted you are that they have this as a default pre-installed typeface, putting you at risk of accidentally/naively using it and making you look like a right plonker, then never look back. You will never need it, I promise.

My dislike of Comic Sans is shared throughout the design world with a simple search on Google coming up with page upon page of rants and arguments against it. A particularly interesting and insightful (and in-depth) article on the subject can be found here if you want some further reading.

If you really feel the urge to add some comic book style ‘fun‘ to your work, there are plenty of alternative, slightly less offensive options to choose from. I’d personally go for ‘Cartoonish Hand’ but there’s loads of options. Here’s a helpful selection of options. Just anything but Comic Sans. Right, rant over. Now we can move on.

Before we go any further, I just wanted to clarify the difference between a font and a typeface to avoid any confusion. In short: A font is what you use, a typeface is what you see.

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